damn that song is great
― sean gramophone, Monday, 16 November 2020 15:29 (three years ago) link
masego's "tadow" is a favorite of the youtube algorithm. it's up to 248 million views lol.
― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Monday, 16 November 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link
it has also been streamed 186 million times on Spotify alone, which suggests it was a massive hit, when in fact it never charted at all afaict.
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Monday, 16 November 2020 16:41 (three years ago) link
i am glad to have heard of "mystery lady" and masego now, whatever thread they should be posted in. lots of interesting, sometimes disarmingly frank lyrical turns in there that reward repeated listening.
toliver does sound good on it too. i was definitely late to engage with his music, i guess b/c i initially judged him to be a bit too travis scott-adjacent for my tastes. (not that i dislike travis scott, but, idk, not my main thing.) having caught up a little, his album is definitely impressive and "after party" is easily among the most striking singles i heard on the radio this year. he sings the hook on a pretty big current radio hit too ("lemonade") that's less interesting than much of his own music but also far from the worst thing on the airwaves right now. hoping there will continue to be more, bigger/better things to come for him
― dyl, Monday, 16 November 2020 20:48 (three years ago) link
don's project from ... 2? years ago is really great. we talked about it on the rolling rap thread that year
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Monday, 16 November 2020 21:01 (three years ago) link
donny womack, still prob my favorite project of his, and i liked heaven or hell. it dropped the same week as astroworld, iirc
― la table sur la table (voodoo chili), Monday, 16 November 2020 21:04 (three years ago) link
whatever thread they should be posted insorry not sorry for blurring the boundaries between rap and r&b**, again - Don Toliver came up in this thread earlier this year, some discussion ensued. as for Masego, he’s very much an allround music guy from what I’ve heard of him, much more at home on an r&b than a rap thread imo.**obviously I didn’t start that particular fire, singers rap and sing rappily, rappers sing and rap sing-songily, it’s been going on for a while. what are the criteria? should Ne-Yo’s “Pinky Ring” (to name a song that was around during the previous Toliver tussle) go on the rap thread?
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Monday, 16 November 2020 21:55 (three years ago) link
no objections on my end! sorry if i inadvertently implied otherwise. the boundaries are blurry, the categorizations imprecise to begin with, and i don't mind that
― dyl, Tuesday, 17 November 2020 00:45 (three years ago) link
"mystery lady" is great, love the syncopation
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 17 November 2020 22:57 (three years ago) link
i thought "mystery lady" was my intro to masego but apparently it was actually this, which has been sitting in one of my playlists for a little while
― dyl, Wednesday, 18 November 2020 07:13 (three years ago) link
he’s also featured on Kehlani’s “Hate The Club” (which he co-wrote) off her current album - not as a vocalist tho, he does the saxophone in it.
― kiss some penis reference (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 07:33 (three years ago) link
This was my intro to masegohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhufJDhL9xw
― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Wednesday, 18 November 2020 07:37 (three years ago) link
This sounds just like all the other sh!t in this thread that I love (lol)... nice slow jamTeenear - Special Attentionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ovM_5lLOI
― yes m!ch!gan - the feeling's forever (morrisp), Thursday, 26 November 2020 03:44 (three years ago) link
Tayla Parx has a new full-length album out, btw... (I haven’t listened to it yet)
― yes m!ch!gan - the feeling's forever (morrisp), Thursday, 26 November 2020 03:48 (three years ago) link
I’m pleased that Summer Walker’s Over It won Album of the Year at the Soul Train Awards.
― meditate in my direction (morrisp), Monday, 30 November 2020 22:00 (three years ago) link
released in October last year, no less.
...but speaking of Summer Walker, can't say I *loved* this year's Life On Earth EP, but I'm still totally smitten with "White Tee" with NO1-NOAH:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgJhcGl_h7Y
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Thursday, 3 December 2020 20:14 (three years ago) link
I assume Soul Train has an eligibility period that doesn't sync up w/the calendar year (like the Grammys).
Meanwhile, I *did* love Life on Earth, and wish it were getting more recognition!
― wet tip hen ax (egg drop mix) (morrisp), Thursday, 3 December 2020 20:28 (three years ago) link
good for summer
listened to tayla's album last night... got some interesting tracks but it also shifts gears a lot, which can be dizzying esp given that almost all the tracks are shorter than 3 mins...
― dyl, Friday, 4 December 2020 04:04 (three years ago) link
idk, might have to give it another go
― dyl, Friday, 4 December 2020 04:05 (three years ago) link
Yes, I’ve just given it one listen so far... felt very hard-edged and breakup-y
― wet tip hen ax (egg drop mix) (morrisp), Friday, 4 December 2020 04:15 (three years ago) link
I really liked the Tayla album and its conciseness was a feature not a bug for me
― boxedjoy, Friday, 4 December 2020 09:31 (three years ago) link
Getting organized for end of year... this is another favorite track that hasn't shown up in this thread:
Mariah the Scientist - Always n Forever (feat. Lil Baby)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ru3FPlRioM
― wet tip hen ax (egg drop mix) (morrisp), Friday, 4 December 2020 17:18 (three years ago) link
that owns
― sir kieth scamper QC (||||||||), Friday, 4 December 2020 17:20 (three years ago) link
Juls - ' blessed' feat mira may and donne'othink some will like thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFz9-j2lUOw
― Swanswans, Friday, 4 December 2020 19:58 (three years ago) link
baegod and sbvce - ' never you mind'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghG8Ahf6nKAslept on crew outta cali, baegod and sbvce have been consistantly churning out dreamy, smooth and smart r'n'b. check out their singles back catalogue, solid.
― Swanswans, Friday, 4 December 2020 20:07 (three years ago) link
I think this brief, spare track is intriguing (it's the title track of a recent EP):
María Isabel - Stuck in the Sky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5X0ITga-W0
― wet tip hen ax (egg drop mix) (morrisp), Saturday, 5 December 2020 00:39 (three years ago) link
I don't know much about this artist, Alycia Bella (apparently she has surfaced in the past, under other names); but she has three lovely new singles out:
Alycia Bella - Link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prBdOv6NeeA
― wet tip hen ax (egg drop mix) (morrisp), Saturday, 5 December 2020 01:08 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwoWItvMqngTkay Maidza feat. Kari Faux - Don't Call Again
A little bit the Doja Cat school
― Nabozo, Saturday, 5 December 2020 20:43 (three years ago) link
Yeah her album is cool (if not quite my speed)
― wet tip hen ax (egg drop mix) (morrisp), Saturday, 5 December 2020 21:14 (three years ago) link
Just came across this – not really sure how to classify it... it has an “indie” quality, reminds me of something I can’t put my finger on... I think it’s a fascinating single:Maeta - Teen Scene (feat. Buddy)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8butWJabQy4
― wet tip hen ax (egg drop mix) (morrisp), Sunday, 6 December 2020 07:41 (three years ago) link
(I wasn’t familiar with the track’s producer, Kaytranda – he clearly has a rep)
― wet tip hen ax (egg drop mix) (morrisp), Sunday, 6 December 2020 07:43 (three years ago) link
he even has his own thread!KAYTRANADA - 99.9%
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Sunday, 6 December 2020 11:44 (three years ago) link
Juls - ' blessed' feat mira may and donne'othink some will like this📹
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Sunday, 6 December 2020 16:31 (three years ago) link
love that Maeta track, thanks (best Kay production this year? maybe!!)
― sean gramophone, Sunday, 6 December 2020 16:32 (three years ago) link
sorry, it’s “Jump*ing* Ship”.
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Sunday, 6 December 2020 16:33 (three years ago) link
xp
re: Masego. he def belongs in this thread, imo. so does Alex Isley as long as she keeps delivering us tha lush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBw_SAzJrNE
Alex Isley ft. Masego - Good & Plenty (prod. by Jack Dine)
― where do all these unsold amps go? (gaudio), Tuesday, 8 December 2020 01:33 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTNZR82fVHw
― sir kieth scamper QC (||||||||), Wednesday, 9 December 2020 11:31 (three years ago) link
that’s Chloe x Halle’s Tiny Desk (home) concert
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 9 December 2020 19:09 (three years ago) link
Roz made it: The Chloe x Halle thread
― fat ass deep state operative (breastcrawl), Thursday, 10 December 2020 06:40 (three years ago) link
i didn't feel much either way about this when it first came out but now that the weather's gotten chilly i find myself in the right headspace for it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAFAfhod9TU
― dyl, Friday, 25 December 2020 05:51 (three years ago) link
(h.e.r. "damage")
― dyl, Friday, 25 December 2020 05:52 (three years ago) link
"got u connected like bluetooth"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuJrvXsb8zw
DaniLeigh - Put U On
― Qui-Gon's Noble End (morrisp), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 01:34 (three years ago) link